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Article: Sox head home after abrupt ending
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- New Haven Register
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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Jacoby Ellsbury wove his way through a crowded clubhouse,
carrying above his head one of the bases he was awarded while
breaking the team's single-season stolen base record. On a table
near the TV, Dustin Pedroia's Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards
sat, waiting to be boxed up and shipped home.
The big prize will go elsewhere this year.
The Boston Red Sox cleared out of Fenway Park on Monday, a day
after they were swept from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Angels.
Leading the third game of their divisional series 5-2 with two outs
in the eighth and closer Jonathan Papelbon on the mound, the Red Sox
lost 7-6 and the Angels will play for the American League pennant
against the New York ...